Pure Ancient Trees – Tier 5

. Initially it was well behaved and polite. As the tea opened on later brews, the colour deepened and it began to assert itself. It's got depth without becoming too full on. This feels like a tea to spend time to get to know
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with a reminiscence of cocoa powder like ovomaltine. The qi is present with a calming and warming effect, from the second infusion. I surely spend too much on teas but this one tells me it's worth it!
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calming and inspiring and potent enough to serve on a ceremony, too. You can confidently serve this tea for your good friends, either fluent or not in tea and puerh :).
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e Qi is soothing and relaxing and before you know it time has flown by. Truly a favourite!
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It starts quite light and then goes more thick and complex. But it remains sweet even with longer steeps. Good huigan. Endurance is top, I finished my 2 sessions the day after. Feeling is comfy, this is a nice evening tea. Thank you for this opportunity!
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ompanied by musty storage notes. The silver lining in my experience has been a deep, centering qi. Imho as other CYH teas from this era have done this tea for me exemplifies what teas from this area can be…however it is still an acquired taste and it took several sessions for me to understand this tea. Firstly, like many other CYH teas, this one benefits from flash steeping early steeps. The early steeps are unsurprisingly woody. My dad likened the character to the smell of sitting under a willow tree after a thunderstorm. Yep. Also, the soup is thick but not particularly sweet. The qi is pretty immediate and powerful yet refined. If Banzhang qi is a canon, this qi is a silk hammer. After about 6 steeps I start to push the tea a bit longer and sweetness emerges and the woodiness gives way to notes of cherry, not actual cherry but like the cherry esters one finds in particular English Olde Ales. In fact other than it’s relative dryness this tea reminds me of certain vintages of Fullers Vintage Ale…sorry I’m from the Michael Jackson school of beer nerds and although I no longer drink beer I will likely always find a comparison between certain beers and puerh tea as there are so many parallels, probably related to the byproducts created by the fermentation process, the oils contained both in the camellia and hops and the malty character inherent in many teas. Sorry for the long review. The shorter version is if you like woody teas this is a must try. If you dislike strong woodiness and prefer florals , skip this one and try the Yiwu blend.
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